3rd Grade Problem Solving Assessment

The cafeteria had 25 apples. For lunch they handed out 15 apples to students and decided to use the rest to make pies. If each pie takes 5 apples, how many pies can they make?

• 20
• 10
• 5
• 2

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A store had 40 oranges in a bin. If they threw away 25 of the old ones and put 21 new ones in the bin how many would be in the bin?

• 65
• 46
• 61
• 36

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

A store had 20 coloring books in stock. They ended up putting them on sale and getting rid of 12 of them. They put the ones they still had onto shelves with 2 on each shelf. How many shelves did they use?

• 4 shelves
• 6 shelves
• 7 shelves
• 8 shelves

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Kathy had $125. She received $220 for her birthday. Later she spent $78 at Macy’s. Which equation can be used to find the amount of money Kathy has now?

• A.$125 + $220 + $78 = $423
• A.$220 - $125 + $78 = $173
• A.$125 + $220 - $78 = $267
• A.$220 - $125 - $78 = $17

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

There are two different type of desserts at the bakery.- There are 5 rows that have 16 cupcakes in each row.- There are 72 sugar cookies.How many desserts are at the bakery?

• 152
• 88
• 93
• 122

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Harris Elementary third graders were making fraction necklaces. They use 656 yellow beads, 725 green beads, 710 red beads, and 675 purple beads. How many more green than yellow beads did the third graders use?

• 106
• 96
• 69
• 79

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8